Another great year.

Heart of glass - Blondie
Gimme Gimme Gimme - Abba
Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous - Abba
Another brick in the wall - Pink Floyd
I don't like mondays- Boomtown rats
We dont talk anymore - Cliff Richard
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
Video Killed the radio star - Buggles.

every song different sounding.great number ones..different styles

Are friends electric - Tubeway army
Cars - Gary Numan
Brass in pocket - Pretenders
Woman in love - Three Degrees
Knock on wood - Amii Stewart
Dance away - Roxy music
Wow - Kate Bush
Olivers army - Elvis Costello
Reasons to be Cheerful - Ian dury
Message in a bottle - Police
Walking on the moon - Police
My Sharona - The knack
When you're in love with a beautiful woman - Dr Hook
Dreaming - Blondie
Goodnight tonight - Wings
Sultans of swing- Dire Straits
Sound of the suburbs - Members
Shine a little love - ELo
Diary of horace wimp - elo
Confusion/Last train to london - elo
Hot stuff - Donna Summer
Tradegy - Bee Gees
Hold the Line - Toto

anyone else got any memories.....
Gangsters - Specials

Some great songs there
My Sharona - The knack....Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello stand out for me

Think these were also from 1979....
YMCA - Village People, Le Freak - Chic, Don't Bring Me Down - ELO, Hot Stuff - Donna Summer...then again I could be a year or two out ?

Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Kiss - I Was Made for Lovin' You
Billy Joel - Honesty
John Mellencamp - I Need a Lover
The Crusaders - Street Life
The Knack - My Sharona
The Clash - London Calling
The Specials - Too Much Too Young
Gary Numan - Cars
Misfits - Horror Business
The Squeeze - Up The Junction
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
Sparks - Beat the Clock
Pat Benetar - Heartbreaker
Barclay James Harvest - Play to the World
Eagles - In the City
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
Bee Gees - Tragedy
Village People - Go West
The Police - Roxanne
Blondie - One Way or Another
Sad Cafe - Every Day Hurts
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Status Quo - Whatever You Want
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

This was a brilliant year for music. I think everybody's already mentioned virtually everything I was going to say though! Here are some I think haven't been said yet:

Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
Squeeze - Up The Junction
Chic - I Want Your Love
B52s - Rock Lobster
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

ok lets start something here .....

blonde
abba
police
village people - ymca/in the navy/go west
ian dury & the blockheads - hit me with your rhythm stick
sarah brightman - starship trooper
boney m - river of babylon/brown girl in the ring
gerard kennedy - new york new york
elvis costello - olivers army (top ten of alltime song)
bee gees - tragedy (top ten alltime song)
neil diamond - forever in blue jeans
art garfunkel - bright eyes
squeeze - cool for cats
gonzalez - haven't stopped dancing yet
dana - something's cooking in the kitchen
m - pop muzik
amii stewart - knock on wood (top ten alltime song)
earth wind & fire - boogie wonderland
anita ward - ring my bell
tubeway army - are friends eletric
dave edmunds - girls talk/queen of hearts
boomtown rats - don't like mondays
ba robertson - bang bang
b52's - rock lobster (well, more it's re-release)
sister sledge - lost in music
gary newman - cars
dr hook - when your in love with a beautiful woman
the buggles - video killed the radio star (top ten alltime song)
xtc - making plans for nigel
charlie daniels band - the devil went down to georgia
madness - one step beyond
tourists - i only want to be with you
pretenders - brass in pocket
pink floyd - another brick in the wall

and theres a few more that i can't remember .....

the year of variety, ska, rock, punk, new wave, pop, disco and crap!

all time favs

1. Skids – Into the valley
2. Angelic Upstarts - Im an upstart
3. Squeeze – Slap n tickle

great

4. Madness – One step beyond
5. Lene Lovich – Bird song
6. Damned – Smash it up
7. Tubes – Prime time
8. Tubeway army – Are friends electric
9. Pretenders – Stop your sobbing
10. Buzzcocks – Harmony in my head
11. Planets – Lines
12. Special AKA – Gangsters
13. Ruts – Babylons burning
14. XTC – Making plans for nigel
15.Kate Bush – Them heavy people
16.Madness – The prince
17. Damned – Love song

good

18. Selecta – On my radio
19. Charlie Daniels band – The devil went down to Georgia
20. Members – The sounds of the suburbs
21. Knack – My sharona
22. Jags – Back of my hand
23. Cars – Just what I needed
24. Doll – Desire me
25. Lene Lovich – Lucky number
26. Buzzcocks – Everybodys happy nowdays
27. Squeeze – Up the junction
28. Judy Tzuke – Stay with me till dawn
29. Ian Dury and the Blockheads – Reasons to be cheerful
30. Bill Lovelady – Reggae for it now
31. Gary Numan – Cars
32. Commodores – Sail on
33. Secret Affair – Time for action
34. Gene Chandler – Get down
35. Toto – Hold the line
36. Dire Straights – Sultans of swing
37. Squeeze – Cool for cats
38. Eruption – One way ticket
39. Lene Lovich – Say when
40. Rachel Sweet – Baby
41. Uk Subs – Stranglehold
42. Police – Cant stand losing you
43. Frantique – Strut your funky stuff
44. Police – Message in a bottle
45. Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmas time
46. Buggles – Video killed the radio star
47. Rainbow – Since you’ve been gone
48. Joe Jackson – Is she really going out with him
49. Sham 69 – Hersham boys
50. Earth Wind and Fire with the Emontions – Boogie wonderland
51. Abba – Does your mother know?
52. M – Pop music
53. Members – Offshore banking business
54. Violinski – Clog dance
55. Doobie Brothers – What a fool believes
56. Queen – Don’t stop me now
57. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Olivers army
58. Shalamar – Take that to the bank
59. Kate Bush – Wow
60. Dave Edmunds – Girls talk
61. Angelic Upstarts – Teenage warning
62. Crusaders – Street life
63. Stranglers – Duchess
64. Nick Lowe – Cruel to be kind
65. Abba – Gimmie gimmie gimmie
66. Tourists – Lonliest man in the world
67. Roxy Music – dance away
68. McFadden and Whitehead – Aint no stopping us now
69. Quantum Jump – Lone ranger
70. Chas n Dave – Gertchya
71. Flying Lizards – Money
72. Specials – A message to you rudy
73. Jam – Eton rifles
74. Abba – Voulez vous
75. Blondie – Heart of glass
76. DR Feelgood – Milk and alcohol
77. Sham 69 – Questions and answers
78. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Staircase
79. Undertones – Jimmy jimmy
80. Blondie – Sunday girl
81. Skids – Masquerade
82. Anita Ward – Ring my bell
83. Janet Kay – Silly games
84. Abba – Voulez vous
85. Jam – Strange town
86. Skids – Working for the yankee dollar

I liked punk, disco and everything just about in the charts those days. Thought i was the only one into the Upstarts. ALso liked Dana-Somethings cookin' song, lol. I've got weird tastes!

Remember these that didnt quite make it but were great...

Good Girls Don't - The Knack
Birdland - Manhattan Transfer
Somethings cookin in the kitchen - Dana
Touch - Lori and the chameleons
Judas - Voyager
Halfway hotel - Voyager
I'd be surprisingly good for you - Linda Lewis
We made the same mistake again - Goldie
Whos been sleeping in my bed - Barry Manilow
Prime time - Tubes
Georgy porgy - Toto
American popular song - Neil Diamond
Imperial wizard - David Essex
Never ad nothing - Angelic Upstarts
Jump the gun - Three Degrees
Saturday night beneath the plastic palm trees - leyton Buzzards
How could this go wrong - Exile
Diamonds - Chris Rea
Honesty - Billy Joel
Until the night - Billy Joel
You angel you - Manfred Mann
Shape of things to come - headboys
War Stories - Starjets
Ballad of Lucy Jordan -Marianne faithful
Deeper than the night - Olivia newton-John
I just cant help it -- Korgis
Alison - Linda Ronstadt
Frederick - patti smith group
American hearts - Billy Ocean
Every night - Pheobe Snow
You'ev got my number - undertones

Love all the obscure tracks....

Bela Lugosi's Dead ~ Bauhaus
Careering ~ Public Image Ltd.
Cars ~ Gary Numan
Uncle Sam's on Mars ~ Hawkwind
Message in a Bottle ~ The Police
Down in the Park ~ Tubeway Army
Boys Don't Cry ~ The Cure
New Dawn Fades ~ Joy Division
Comfortably Numb ~ Pink Floyd
Electricity ~ OMD
Heart of Glass ~ Blondie
We Don't Talk Anymore ~ Cliff Richard
Video Killed the Radio Star ~ The Buggles
Ice ~ Camel
The Song (They Love To Sing) ~ Barclay James Harvest
Handicap & Equality ~ Peter Hammill

Boys Don't Cry - The Cure.

Video Killed the Radio Star - the Buggles

The Number One Song In Heaven - Sparks

The year of my birth, so I'll be interested to review how 'in touch with my roots' I've become musically in the intervening years:

Take That To The Bank - Shalamar
Heart Of Glass - Blondie
Chiquitita - ABBA
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen (hesitantly, given it's absolute ruination by the karaoke/X Factor culture)
Can You Feel The Force - Real Thing
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders
In The Navy - Village People
Wow - Kate Bush
Staircase - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Valley Of The Dolls - Generation X
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
Hooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday - Boney M
Does Your Mother Know - ABBA
Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire
Sunday Girl - Blondie
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Go West - Village People
Light My Fire - Amii Stewart
Married Men - Bonnie Tyler
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Playground Twist - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Angeleyes & Voulez-Vous - ABBA
Beat The Clock - Sparks
Money - Flying Lizards
Lost In Music - Sister Sledge
Street Life - Crusaders
Duchess - Stranglers
Cars - Gary Numan
Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow
Them Heavy People (Live) - Kate Bush
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Dreaming - Blondie
Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles
One Day At A Time - Lena Martell
Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA
No More Tears - Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
I Only Want To Be With You - Tourists
Union City Blue - Blondie
Walking On The Moon - Police
Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
Brass In Pocket - Pretenders
I Have A Dream - ABBA

Hmm, no surprises there then... plus a definite dominant emerging theme

Some great songs listed here i remember most of them is prob the time when i was getting an interest in music and the current chart music i was 6.

Another brick in the wall is one of the 1st records i ever owned.

Great stuff apart from I have a dream.Abba#s worst record. Ring my bell was awful too.
Clouts version of Since you've been gone was the best

What an amazing year for music, so diverse.

Wish we could travel back in time

These tracks brought back so many memories

Especially the Stanglers with "Duchess", they deliberately mimed so badly on TOTP because the BBC refused to let them play live

great, great year, the times when the charts had something for absolutely everyone

I won't post huge long lost as I don't believe anyone reads them thoroughly. A few for me would be:

Chic - My Forbidden Lover
Madness - One Step Beyond
Squeeze - Up The Junction
Skids - Into The Valley

Making Plans for Nigel,XTC, Squeeze,Up The Junction, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3